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“Dayenu. We sing now for as long as we can.”
“The story’s flame, its lesson bold: Through vast trials, the soul can soar / and the light will shine forevermore.”
“Blessed are You, Hashem, Healer of all flesh, Worker of wonders.”
“We are here together.  We survived the rain together.  / It was not a deluge and no trees fell…” 
Listen to Karen Webber’s ‘Frying a Soulful Latke,’ a Hanukkah poem from her series ‘Enkindle.’
“As the candles descend / we are reminded / that nothing is /permanent / other than the Love of Hashem…”
“Peace does not look like a dove / or a palm branch in the Old City…” 
“I raise my voice In the song of prayer…”
” The painting is for grandparents, miles away, / who long for them…”
“How do we know what will outlive us? / We all want to be remembered our lives to count for something…”

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